A) Key Issue 1: Where are languages distributed? Identify and explain the distribution of the two largest language families.
B) Key Issue 2: Why and how is English related to other languages? Examine the origins and distribution of languages from the Indo-European language family.
C) Key Issue 3: Why do individual languages vary among places? Explain the differences between dialect and language.
D) Key Issue 4: Why and how do individuals preserve languages? What accounts for the large number of endangered and lost languages?
Enrichment (if time): 2) With a partner, choose a language group that is in Severe, High, or Medium Threat of Endangerment from the map on the website linked above. Please put your chosen group in this spreadsheet so there is no overlap (each pair should profile a different language).
4) Profiling an Endangered Voice: answer the following in a succinct Google Slides presentation, include images, maps, statistics and audio if possible.
A) Include a title slide with the name of the language and the regions where it is spoken.
B) To what language family or families is this language attached (Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic)?
C) What are the root (or central) causes for this language's potential extinction?
D) What are the most unique features of the language or the people who speak it?
E) How might this language be revitalized? Or, if you cannot find information about the revitalization of this particular language, how can languages be revitalized in a general sense?
5) When the assignment is complete, hyperlink your Google Slides presentation on the spreadsheet (see link in #2 above).
For Extra Credit: Read- Do you speak American? Gatekeeping in the English Language (2,349 words) The 4 A's Protocol Argue with Assumption of the Author Agreement with Aspire to, Act upon
Cultural Landscapes: Provide a sense of place and identity; they map our relationship with the land over time
They are...sites associated with a significant event, activity, person or group of people. They range in size... from thousands of acres of rural land to historic homesteads. They can be... grand estates, farmlands, public gardens and parks, college campuses, cemeteries, scenic highways, and industrial sites. They are... works of art, narratives of cultures, and expressions of regional identity.
Next Unit: Pop and Folk Culture. Introduce the concept by watching a few minutes of this video, which shows an intact folk culture: The Amish (59:00)
Monday, February 12
1) Begin Language Unit (Chapter 5)Key Issues:
Read and discuss "A Nation Divided by One Language" (1,100 words)
For tomorrow, read the Introduction and Key Issue 1 from the textbook (pp. 142-149).
Tuesday, February 13
For Wednesday, February 14, read Key Issue 2 (pp. 150-157).
For Thursday, February 15, read Key Issue 3 (pp. 158-163).
Watch Superbowl Commercial: Pop Culture and Language Collide (1 minute video).
A) Key Issue 1: Where are languages distributed? Identify and explain the distribution of the two largest language families.
B) Key Issue 2: Why and how is English related to other languages? Examine the origins and distribution of languages from the Indo-European language family.
C) Key Issue 3: Why do individual languages vary among places? Explain the differences between dialect and language.
D) Key Issue 4: Why and how do individuals preserve languages? What accounts for the large number of endangered and lost languages?
3) Watch Many Tongues Called English (10:22)
Wednesday, February 14-Thursday, February 15
1) Read and discuss A History of the English Language (1,700 words)
2) Lecture and discussion: Language Presentation
Friday, February 16
1) Language Key Issue 3Monday, February 19
1) Language Key Issue 42) Watch Why Did English Become the International Language?
Tuesday, February 20
1) Review Language ChapterWednesday, February 21
1) Quiz over Chapter 5: LanguageEnrichment (if time permits):
1) Choose a severely endangered language from the site below and investigate:
Endangered Languages Project: National Geographic
Enrichment (if time):
2) With a partner, choose a language group that is in Severe, High, or Medium Threat of Endangerment from the map on the website linked above. Please put your chosen group in this spreadsheet so there is no overlap (each pair should profile a different language).
4) Profiling an Endangered Voice: answer the following in a succinct Google Slides presentation, include images, maps, statistics and audio if possible.
A) Include a title slide with the name of the language and the regions where it is spoken.
B) To what language family or families is this language attached (Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic)?
C) What are the root (or central) causes for this language's potential extinction?
D) What are the most unique features of the language or the people who speak it?
E) How might this language be revitalized? Or, if you cannot find information about the revitalization of this particular language, how can languages be revitalized in a general sense?
5) When the assignment is complete, hyperlink your Google Slides presentation on the spreadsheet (see link in #2 above).
For Extra Credit:
Read-
Do you speak American?
Gatekeeping in the English Language (2,349 words)
The 4 A's Protocol
Argue with
Assumption of the Author
Agreement with
Aspire to, Act upon
Cultural Landscapes (365 words)Cultural Landscapes: Provide a sense of place and identity; they map our relationship with the land over time
They are...sites associated with a significant event, activity, person or group of people.They range in size... from thousands of acres of rural land to historic homesteads.
They can be... grand estates, farmlands, public gardens and parks, college campuses, cemeteries,
scenic highways, and industrial sites.
They are... works of art, narratives of cultures, and expressions of regional identity.
Next Unit: Pop and Folk Culture. Introduce the concept by watching a few minutes of this video, which shows an intact folk culture: The Amish (59:00)
Politics and Religion as Technologies (15:07)
Religions and Babies (13:20)